Hong Kong celebrities Leon Lai and Michelle Reis pair up for a photo shoot for the December issue of Madame Figaro China magazine.

Echoing the mag's "Blue" theme for the month, this melancholy photo spread features the two characters in muted poses, unwilling to talk or make eye contact.

The two old on- and off-screen friends reunite after several years in Teddy Chan's upcoming blockbuster "Bodyguards and Assassins," in which Reis plays opposite her rumored ex-boyfriend Lai.

In the film, Reis plays a ravishing Chinese beauty who inspires a beggar, Lai, to turn his life around and make good.
 
Once recognized as the best-matched couple, Reis, the previous Miss Hong Kong, and Lai walked away from their unconsummated love affair in 1996 and started their own families.

Reis told the magazine how grounded Lai has always been and joked about his dramatic change in acting style for the new movie.

She also talked about her current relaxed and happy life as a married woman, while Lai shunned the question about marriage, as he always does in public.